Bill Text: IA HF234 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the reimbursement amount paid to dealers or persons operating redemption centers who redeem empty beverage containers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Introduced, referred to Environmental Protection. H.J. 309. [HF234 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF234-Introduced.html

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House File 234 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  GASKILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the reimbursement amount paid to dealers
  2    or persons operating redemption centers who redeem empty
  3    beverage containers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  In addition to the refund value provided in subsection
  1  4 1 of this section, a dealer, or person operating a redemption
  1  5 center who redeems empty beverage containers or a dealer agent
  1  6 shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the
  1  7 empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent two cents
  1  8  per container. A dealer, dealer agent, or person operating a
  1  9 redemption center may compact empty metal beverage containers
  1 10 with the approval of the distributor required to accept the
  1 11 containers.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    This bill increases the reimbursement amount received by
  1 16 a dealer or person operating a redemption center who redeems
  1 17 empty beverage containers from 1 cent per container to 2 cents
  1 18 per container.  The reimbursement amount, commonly referred
  1 19 to as a handling fee, is paid by the distributor who collects
  1 20 the beverage containers from the dealer or person operating a
  1 21 redemption center.
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